However, Byron's mental intimidation merely caused conflicts to rapidly escalate, and the Psi Corps is called in to arrest Byron and his followers. The aim of this exercise is increased leverage to further his and his followers' goal of a new telepath homeworld. In "In the Kingdom of the Blind" (episode 9), Byron threatens the members of the Interstellar Alliance with the revelation of their deepest secrets. Furthermore, from comments of his in "The Paragon of Animals" and other episodes, it is clear that in his own way, he despises mundanes just as much as Bester does. As the Vorlons are no longer around to be blamed, he decides that the remaining races who had been "saved" by telepaths owe him and his people a new homeland. It is revealed to Byron that the Vorlons had generated telepaths as weapons in their war against the Shadows. Lyta and Byron find comfort and acceptance in each other, however intimate moments ("Secrets of the Soul" (episode 7)) eventually unlock secrets of the Vorlons hidden deep within Lyta's mind. Byron and his ship appear to have crashed or been lost around Venus, but this turns out to be a ruse to effect his desertion without raising suspicions.Ī second major shift in Byron's outlook occurs in as the result of a romantic relationship with telepath Lyta Alexander that evolves over several episodes of the television series. The Psi Corps Trilogy books by Gregory Keyes expand on this apparent crisis of conscience a little.
This later episode also revealed that he was part of Bester's elite Black Omega squadron, and had deserted after receiving orders to fire upon defenseless mundanes (non-telepaths). In fact, he had interned with the Psi Cops and was the protégé of the famous/infamous Alfred Bester. It is later revealed in "Secrets of the Soul" (episode 7) that Byron had trained with the Psi Corps. Ultimately, Byron agrees for two of his people to serve the Alliance, and Elizabeth Lochley negotiates for the telepaths to remain temporarily on the station. Key disputes come between Byron and Michael Garibaldi over his wish to employ Byron's telepaths as spies ("The Paragon of Animals" (episode 3)), and between the telepaths and the Earth Force/Psi Corps over their rogue status ("Strange Relations" (episode 6)). In his early appearances in Season 5, Byron is shown as trying to maintain distance from conflict between his telepaths and the aggressive mundanes from "Down Below", the Psi Corps, and from being used as tools by the Interstellar Alliance. They are allowed to establish a small colony in Brown 3. John Sheridan offers Byron and his telepaths political asylum at Babylon 5. In "The Paragon of Animals", Byron helps the new Interstellar Alliance by revealing treachery by the Drazi against the Enphili. At this stage Byron is portrayed as a Gandhi-like figure a leader of telepaths who seeks freedom from the Psi Corps and from mundanes, but that will only do so through passive resistance/physically non-violent means, though he does show himself to be mentally violent, using intimidation and blackmail against members of the alliance. Byron is shown arriving on the Babylon 5 station with a large contingent of rogue telepaths early in the year 2262. ‹ The template Infobox character is being considered for merging. › Byronīyron Gordon, played by Robin Atkin Downes, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5, introduced in the fifth and final season.īyron Gordon is introduced to Babylon 5 in the season 5 episode "No Compromises" as a strong telepath (P12 rating).
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